diff --git a/parser/parser-vasp/vaspparser/parser_vasprun.py b/parser/parser-vasp/vaspparser/parser_vasprun.py
index 6aa9f88149f4e71eaf8f8db811c09ba5d5044a8d..02e5117ae6b81404476304ac122735fd189fecb7 100644
--- a/parser/parser-vasp/vaspparser/parser_vasprun.py
+++ b/parser/parser-vasp/vaspparser/parser_vasprun.py
@@ -806,9 +806,10 @@ class VasprunContext(object):
                                 # states/eV/cell. This means that the volume
                                 # dependence has been introduced by multiplying
                                 # by the cell volume
+                                # the integrated dos value is the number of electrons until that energy level
+                                # and thus not directly energy dependent anymore
                                 joule_in_ev = convert_unit(1, "eV", "J")
                                 dosV = dosV / joule_in_ev
-                                dosI = dosI / joule_in_ev
 
                                 if self.vbTopE:
                                     eRef = max(self.vbTopE)